Arlington Gives! Concert / North Texas Giving Day
The Arlington Tomorrow Foundation, celebrating its 10 th anniversary, worked to help donors’ contributions go further during the 9th annual North Texas Giving Day event in September. The Foundation hosted a free Josh Weathers Band concert for the community at the Levitt Pavilion and awarded $ 50,000 in bonus grants to six local charities as part of its fourth annual Arlington Gives! event. More than
60 nonprofit organizations also set up booths along Abram Street between City Hall and the Levitt Pavilion to provide residents with more information about their missions and volunteer opportunities.
2017 North Texas Giving Day by the Numbers
North Texas Giving Day 2017
= $ 39 million benefitting
2,723 organizations
Arlington donations =
$ 1,347,000 contributed by
5,647 donors
$ 370,000 donated by 1,775 contributors to Hurricane Harvey relief efforts
$ $
Since 2009,
$ 195 million
donated through North Texas Giving Day
$ $
Arlington Gives! History
# of Arlington Based Nonprofits
# of Arlington- Based Gifts
Dollars Raised for Arlington- Based Charities
2014 2015 2016 2017
62 58 67 118
3,476 3,714 4,369 5,647
$ 526,062 $ 719,619 $ 1,039,458 $ 1,347,000
Grant Awards = $ 50k + $ 10k( Gene and Jerry Jones Family Arlington Youth Foundation)
$ 5,000 grants to most donations during time slots: 6 a. m. – 10 a. m.: The Ulster Project 10 a. m. – 2 p. m.: Grace Prep Academy 2 p. m. – 7 p. m.: Friends of the Levitt Pavilion 7 p. m. – midnight: Mission Arlington
$ 5,000 grants for concert attendance: Dance Theatre Arlington Arlington Charities
$ 10,000 in People’ s Choice( Jones Foundation) Grace Prep Academy
$ 20,000 Bonus Funds divided by 35 Arlington-based organizations with annual budgets less than $ 250,000